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A suspect arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for supplying gun to three robbery suspects have disclosed to the police that he bought the gun to scare away cult members who were disturbing his cult group in Ajah area of Lagos State. The suspect, Omole Ridwan, 21, was picked up in his ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that most of the kidnapping and armed robbery taking place in the state are perpetrated by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). In a statement made available to PoliticsNGR, the governor pointed out that the embattled Rivers State Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) Commander, Mr Akin Fakorede and his operatives have been ...

An abduction carried out by the Evans gang on February 14 this year proved to be a fatal error as the captured businessman, Donatus Dunu, became the gang’s nemesis. Dunu is a pharmacist and the owner of Maydon Pharmaceutical Company, Ilupeju, Lagos. He had barely left his office on the evening of 14 February, the lovers day, when he was ...

Men of the Lagos state Police Command have arrested a 45-year-old man, Lucien Tosume suspected to be a ritualist, for possessing a human skull. Tosume was arrested on June 4 2017 following an intelligence report in Iraye village, Sagamu local government area of Ogun state. According to ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, the suspect who specializes in ...

The Police in Osun on Wednesday arrested a 38-year-old man who was caught with a fresh female head and other body parts. The Osun Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoyo, told newsmen in Osogbo that the suspect was arrested at Oluode area of Osogbo by a police patrol team on a routine check. Adeoyo said the suspect, who was driving ...

After several weeks in hiding, Officers of Area ‘A’ Police Command of the Nigeria police, have arrested a Lagos-based property developer, Felix Ezeamama, over unlawful property demolition, at an undisclosed location. His arrest was sequel to an order of a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Igbosere, Lagos state. Chief Magistrate O. O. Oshin (Mrs) had on May 9, 2017, issued ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has discovered new evidence against Esther Oba, a cousin of former First Lady Patience Jonathan. The anti-graft agency began investigating Ms. Oba after revealing that she was the one of the owners of Mrs. Jonathan’s N9b bank accounts. “After we froze Patience Jonathan’s accounts a few months ago, we continued to investigate the ...

A 29-year-old man, Lukmon Ajinike, who allegedly hypnotized a woman and collected her money and Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card, was on Tuesday hauled up before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The accused was arraigned before Magistrate A.A. Adesanya on charges of attempt to commit felony, conspiracy and stealing. Ajinike, an unemployed and a resident of Isheri-Idimu area of Lagos State, ...

An appeal has gone to President Muhammadu Buhari to grant presidential pardon to the 70 soldiers now in Ikoyi and Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos who were convicted of mutiny offences. In a letter on behalf of the soldiers written on December 19, 2016, Femi Falana (SAN), noted that the soldiers were charged with mutiny before courts-martial for demanding weapons to ...

Kemi Alaje Merayebu, first daughter of Rev Dr Vincent Alaje, the General Treasurer of Assemblies Of God Nigeria, was killed by gunmen in Enugu on December 13th. According to reports, the men numbering about 10 and armed with gun, axe and Machete stormed the residence of late Mrs Kemi where she lived with her husband Mr Isaac Merayebu, demanding for ...